Some liberals have compared Pete Buttigieg to former President Obama.
Now that is happening again but not in a good way.
Mayor Pete is being accused of plagiarizing an Obama speech.
The Daily Dot reports:
Did Pete Buttigieg seriously just rip off a famous Obama speech?
Former South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg is being accused of plagiarizing an iconic campaign speech given by former President Barack Obama.
“If we can light up a high school gym—we can light a neighborhood. If we can light up a neighborhood—we can light a city. If we can light up a city—we can light up our country,” Buttigieg tweeted on Saturday.
See the tweets below:
I saw each little light and knew that behind it was an American who saw the lights go out and knew to do something about it. All it took was one person, and others began to do the same.
— Pete Buttigieg (@PeteButtigieg) February 23, 2020
If we can light up a high school gym—we can light a neighborhood.
If we can light up a neighborhood—we can light a city.
If we can light up a city—we can light up our country.
— Pete Buttigieg (@PeteButtigieg) February 23, 2020
If we can light up our country—we can make this nation we love shine once more as a beacon to the world. pic.twitter.com/KAVTrD2Y2Q
— Pete Buttigieg (@PeteButtigieg) February 23, 2020
The Daily Dot lays out the Obama speech:
Obama’s speech originated in 2008 during his first presidential campaign.
“One voice can change the room. And if the voice can change a room, it can change a city. And if it can change a city, it can change a state. And if it can change a state, it can change a nation. And if it can change the nation, it can change the world,” Obama would say at the time while on the campaign trail. “Are you fired up? Ready to go! Fired up, ready to go.”
People have noticed:
Strange, I feel like I’ve heard this somewhere before https://t.co/RukB3n4fAf
— Shannon (@TheStagmania) February 23, 2020
But it gets even worse. Watch this:
Is "Pete Obama voice" a thing? pic.twitter.com/IWU0tdg7xb
— The Recount (@therecount) February 25, 2020
Will his rivals call him out for this?
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